Taiwan pushed back against threats of retaliation by China, ahead of an expected meeting between the island’s president and the US House speaker Wednesday that will underscore her government’s claim to sovereignty. Know more:
By TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan pushed back against threats of retaliation by China, ahead of an expected meeting between the island’s president and the US House speaker Wednesday that will underscore her government’s claim to sovereignty.
Belize and Guatemala are two of just 13 countries that formally recognize Taiwan, a number that has dipped as China has put pressure on and funneled money into isolating the island. Tsai’s Latin American trip comes just a week after Honduras announced it was cutting ties with Taiwan in favor of China, potentially prompted by a $300 million hydroelectric dam project in central Honduras built by a Chinese company.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said at a daily news briefing Tuesday that China “will closely follow the developments and resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.” The United States’ longstanding “one-China” policy acknowledges that the Chinese claim Taiwan as their territory. However, the US does not endorse that claim and remains Taiwan’s most important provider of military hardware and other defense assistance.
China regularly sends warplanes around the island and has at times seemingly used the exercises as a demonstration of its ire.
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